U.S. All Wheat Production Summary - 1866-2015
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production 2/
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1866 ....: 15,408 11.0 169,703 2.060 349,914
1867 ....: 16,738 12.6 210,878 2.010 424,334
1868 ....: 19,140 12.9 246,272 1.460 359,347
1869 ....: 21,194 13.7 289,526 0.923 267,224
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1870 ....: 20,945 12.1 254,429 1.040 265,230
1871 ....: 22,230 12.2 271,881 1.250 339,130
1872 ....: 22,962 11.8 271,482 1.240 336,324
1873 ....: 24,866 12.9 321,931 1.170 375,957
1874 ....: 27,310 13.0 356,115 0.948 337,451
1875 ....: 28,382 11.1 313,728 1.010 316,946
1876 ....: 28,283 10.9 309,116 1.040 320,270
1877 ....: 27,963 14.1 395,510 1.090 429,278
1878 ....: 33,379 13.5 449,175 0.772 346,834
1879 ....: 35,347 13.0 459,234 1.110 508,554
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1880 ....: 38,096 13.2 502,257 0.952 477,989
1881 ....: 36,795 11.0 405,886 1.200 485,570
1882 ....: 36,496 15.1 552,207 0.888 490,371
1883 ....: 35,587 12.3 438,762 0.914 400,964
1884 ....: 38,485 14.8 571,292 0.645 368,642
1885 ....: 35,095 11.4 399,931 0.772 308,825
1886 ....: 36,312 14.1 513,540 0.687 352,767
1887 ....: 36,873 13.3 490,761 0.682 334,459
1888 ....: 34,969 12.1 423,867 0.927 393,000
1889 ....: 36,098 14.0 504,370 0.698 352,283
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1890 ....: 36,686 12.2 449,042 0.837 376,015
1891 ....: 41,090 16.5 677,543 0.831 563,213
1892 ....: 42,979 14.2 611,854 0.624 381,987
1893 ....: 40,790 12.4 505,795 0.534 270,268
1894 ....: 40,167 13.5 541,873 0.489 265,134
1895 ....: 38,998 13.9 542,119 0.505 273,756
1896 ....: 40,828 12.8 522,963 0.721 376,827
1897 ....: 43,413 14.0 606,202 0.809 490,644
1898 ....: 50,506 15.2 768,148 0.579 445,055
1899 ....: 52,342 12.5 655,143 0.588 385,259
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1900 ....: 49,203 12.2 599,315 0.621 371,888
1901 ....: 50,847 15.0 762,546 0.631 480,886
1902 ....: 46,244 14.9 686,959 0.630 432,942
1903 ....: 48,456 13.7 663,115 0.693 459,847
1904 ....: 43,155 12.9 555,571 0.926 514,503
1905 ....: 46,306 15.2 706,026 0.747 527,437
1906 ....: 46,230 16.0 740,509 0.660 488,427
1907 ....: 44,139 14.2 628,764 0.866 544,211
1908 ....: 45,102 14.3 642,818 0.967 621,797
1909 ....: 44,262 15.5 683,927 0.986 677,726
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production 2/
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1910 ....: 45,793 13.7 625,476 0.906 567,800
1911 ....: 49,894 12.4 618,166 0.865 537,066
1912 ....: 48,413 15.1 730,011 0.798 588,772
1913 ....: 52,012 14.4 751,101 0.789 596,038
1914 ....: 55,613 16.1 897,487 0.971 875,047
1915 ....: 60,303 16.7 1,008,637 0.956 968,796
1916 ....: 53,510 11.9 634,572 1.430 910,057
1917 ....: 46,787 13.2 619,790 2.040 1,268,989
1918 ....: 61,068 14.8 904,130 2.050 1,853,063
1919 ....: 77,440 73,700 12.9 952,097 2.160 2,059,421
:
1920 ....: 67,977 62,358 13.5 843,277 1.820 1,540,530
1921 ....: 67,681 64,566 12.7 818,964 1.030 843,453
1922 ....: 67,163 61,397 13.8 846,649 0.961 817,926
1923 ....: 64,590 56,920 13.3 759,482 0.923 703,280
1924 ....: 55,706 52,463 16.0 841,617 1.240 1,049,443
1925 ....: 61,738 52,443 12.8 668,700 1.430 961,128
1926 ....: 60,712 56,616 14.7 832,213 1.210 1,012,829
1927 ....: 65,661 59,628 14.7 875,059 1.180 1,041,511
1928 ....: 71,152 59,226 15.4 914,373 0.988 912,430
1929 ....: 67,177 63,392 13.0 824,183 1.030 853,778
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1930 ....: 67,559 62,637 14.2 886,522 0.663 595,247
1931 ....: 66,463 57,704 16.3 941,540 0.382 368,270
1932 ....: 66,281 57,851 13.1 756,307 0.375 289,230
1933 ....: 69,009 49,424 11.2 552,215 0.736 410,770
1934 ....: 64,064 43,347 12.1 526,052 0.839 446,085
1935 ....: 69,611 51,305 12.2 628,227 0.827 521,915
1936 ....: 73,970 49,125 12.8 629,880 1.020 645,465
1937 ....: 80,814 64,169 13.6 873,914 0.959 840,706
1938 ....: 78,981 69,197 13.3 919,913 0.556 516,636
1939 ....: 62,802 52,669 14.1 741,210 0.686 512,427
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1940 ....: 61,820 53,273 15.3 814,646 0.674 555,547
1941 ....: 62,707 55,935 16.8 941,970 0.939 889,561
1942 ....: 53,000 49,773 19.5 969,381 1.090 1,064,789
1943 ....: 55,984 51,355 16.4 843,813 1.350 1,148,845
1944 ....: 66,190 59,749 17.7 1,060,111 1.410 1,498,081
1945 ....: 69,192 65,167 17.0 1,107,623 1.490 1,660,891
1946 ....: 71,578 67,105 17.2 1,152,118 1.900 2,201,036
1947 ....: 78,314 74,519 18.2 1,358,911 2.290 3,109,445
1948 ....: 78,345 72,418 17.9 1,294,911 1.980 2,577,191
1949 ....: 83,905 75,910 14.5 1,098,415 1.880 2,061,897
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production 2/
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1950 ....: 71,287 61,607 16.5 1,019,344 2.000 2,042,296
1951 ....: 78,524 61,873 16.0 988,161 2.110 2,088,739
1952 ....: 78,645 71,130 18.4 1,306,440 2.090 2,729,402
1953 ....: 78,931 67,840 17.3 1,173,071 2.040 2,390,936
1954 ....: 62,539 54,356 18.1 983,900 2.120 2,082,485
1955 ....: 58,246 47,290 19.8 937,094 1.980 1,858,518
1956 ....: 60,655 49,768 20.2 1,005,397 1.970 1,976,239
1957 ....: 49,843 43,754 21.8 955,740 1.930 1,848,437
1958 ....: 56,017 53,047 27.5 1,457,435 1.750 2,543,688
1959 ....: 56,706 51,716 21.6 1,117,735 1.760 1,969,546
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1960 ....: 54,906 51,879 26.1 1,354,709 1.740 2,361,212
1961 ....: 55,707 51,571 23.9 1,232,359 1.830 2,254,675
1962 ....: 49,274 43,688 25.0 1,091,958 2.040 2,225,738
1963 ....: 53,364 45,506 25.2 1,146,821 1.850 2,125,315
1964 ....: 55,672 49,762 25.8 1,283,371 1.370 1,756,970
1965 ....: 57,361 49,560 26.5 1,315,603 1.350 1,774,535
1966 ....: 54,105 49,613 26.3 1,304,889 1.630 2,140,655
1967 ....: 67,264 58,353 25.8 1,507,598 1.390 2,090,107
1968 ....: 61,860 54,765 28.4 1,556,635 1.240 1,929,131
1969 ....: 53,450 47,146 30.6 1,442,679 1.250 1,795,738
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1970 ....: 48,739 43,564 31.0 1,351,558 1.330 1,803,241
1971 ....: 53,822 47,685 33.9 1,618,636 1.340 2,167,797
1972 ....: 54,913 47,303 32.7 1,546,209 1.760 2,706,121
1973 ....: 59,254 54,148 31.6 1,710,787 3.950 6,744,631
1974 ....: 71,044 65,368 27.3 1,781,918 4.090 7,287,261
1975 ....: 74,900 69,499 30.6 2,126,927 3.550 7,549,829
1976 ....: 80,395 70,927 30.3 2,148,780 2.730 5,867,836
1977 ....: 75,410 66,686 30.7 2,045,527 2.330 4,764,557
1978 ....: 65,989 56,495 31.4 1,775,524 2.970 5,280,634
1979 ....: 71,424 62,454 34.2 2,134,060 3.780 8,070,378
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1980 ....: 80,788 71,125 33.5 2,380,934 3.910 9,302,831
1981 ....: 88,251 80,642 34.5 2,785,357 3.660 10,172,242
1982 ....: 86,232 77,937 35.5 2,764,967 3.450 9,488,518
1983 ....: 76,419 61,390 39.4 2,419,824 3.510 8,435,021
1984 ....: 79,213 66,928 38.8 2,594,777 3.390 8,771,507
1985 ....: 75,535 64,704 37.5 2,424,115 3.080 7,371,211
1986 ....: 71,998 60,688 34.4 2,090,570 2.420 5,041,888
1987 ....: 65,829 55,945 37.7 2,107,685 2.570 5,497,712
1988 ....: 65,529 53,189 34.1 1,812,201 3.720 6,683,999
1989 ....: 76,615 62,189 32.7 2,036,618 3.720 7,542,464
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production 2/
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1990 ....: 77,041 69,103 39.5 2,729,778 2.610 7,166,888
1991 ....: 69,881 57,803 34.3 1,980,139 3.000 5,954,912
1992 ....: 72,219 62,761 39.3 2,466,798 3.240 8,009,711
1993 ....: 72,168 62,712 38.2 2,396,440 3.260 7,647,527
1994 ....: 70,349 61,770 37.6 2,320,981 3.450 7,968,237
1995 ....: 69,031 60,955 35.8 2,182,708 4.550 9,787,766
1996 ....: 75,105 62,819 36.3 2,277,388 4.300 9,782,238
1997 ....: 70,412 62,840 39.5 2,481,466 3.380 8,286,741
1998 ....: 65,821 59,002 43.2 2,547,321 2.650 6,780,623
1999 ....: 62,664 53,773 42.7 2,295,560 2.480 5,586,675
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2000 ....: 62,549 53,063 42.0 2,228,160 2.620 5,771,786
2001 ....: 59,432 48,473 40.2 1,947,453 2.780 5,412,834
2002 ....: 60,318 45,824 35.0 1,605,878 3.560 5,637,416
2003 ....: 62,141 53,063 44.2 2,344,415 3.400 7,927,981
2004 ....: 59,644 49,969 43.2 2,156,790 3.400 7,277,932
2005 ....: 57,214 50,104 42.0 2,103,325 3.420 7,167,166
2006 ....: 57,334 46,800 38.6 1,808,416 4.260 7,694,734
2007 ....: 60,460 50,999 40.2 2,051,088 6.480 13,289,326
2008 ....: 63,617 56,036 44.8 2,511,896 6.780 16,701,285
2009 ....: 59,017 49,841 44.3 2,208,918 4.870 10,607,218
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2010 ....: 52,620 46,883 46.1 2,163,023 5.700 12,579,125
2011 ....: 54,277 45,687 43.6 1,993,111 7.240 14,269,225
2012 ....: 55,294 48,758 46.2 2,252,307 7.770 17,383,149
2013 ....: 56,236 45,332 47.1 2,134,979 6.870 14,604,442
2014 ....: 56,841 46,385 43.7 2,026,310 5.990 11,914,954
2015 ....: 54,644 47,094 43.6 2,051,752 5.000 10,203,360
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1/ December 1 price 1900-1907; season average price, 1908-1939. United States prices weighted by production 1906-1908; by sales
1909-1939. Season average price, 1940-1979. United States prices weighted by sales. Season average price, 1980-1984. Marketing
year average, 1985. United States prices weighted by sales.
2/ The 1982-1984 values include allowances for loans outstanding and government purchases, valued at the average loan and purchase
rate by States.
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